Wooster daily news. (Wooster, Ohio), 1919-08-04

              BUSINESS ALWAYS GOES WHERE THE QUALITY AND SERVICE IS MOST DEEPLY IMPRESSED ON THE BUYER'S MIND I WEATHER SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS. aster TO ADVEKTISEKSi THE DAILY NEWS' CIRCULATION IS INCREASING EVERY DAY THE HOME PAPER THAT GOES INTO THE HOMES v Single Copies, 2c By Carrier, 10c Per Week WOOSTER, OHIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919. VOL. 16. No. 15. SE OF SIRE STEEL F&gB MAY CJLOS E ECAU 10,000 MILL MEN COMPELLED TO QUIT More than 150. 000 Out in Country; 30. 000 in Chicago ' CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Ten thousand steel workers at Gary, Ind., and other points In the Chicago industrial districts were idle today, the result of the strike of the railway shopmen. It was predicted every FORD STOLEN FROM WOOSTERjIN Wooster has Joined the ranks of the towns from whose police department, "Ford . Btolen," notification cards have been sent out within the last few weeks. A Ford touring car belonging to Roy Bhultz, of Shreve, was stolen from the Wooster square between 8 and 10 o'clock" Saturday night. The machine had a license number of 201638. Mr. and Mrs. Shultz had driven to Wooster early Saturday evening in order to take their son, Frank Lhulti, clerk . at the Freedlander store, home , with .them . atec, JO o'clock. The? -"parked the automobile opposite the Boyd drug store on the square, and when they went for it at 10 o'clock it was gone. The Wooster police and the automobile association were notified at once, but they have been unable to locate the car. A reward of 26 has been offered.MR. AND MRS. SEELYE TO SAIL FOR SYRIA . Mr. and Mrs. Laurens H. Seelye, of Chatham, N. J., the former a son of Professor William James Seelye, will sail from New York August 19th on the S. S. "Patrla," Fabre Line, for Marseilles, France. From there they will secure passage for Eeirut, Syria, where Mr. Seelye is to teach in the Syrian. Protstant College. They go out for three years, but may remain longer. In event of the latter, they will return on furlough to the Unite States in 1924. 0RRV1LLE BOYS IN JAIL AGAIN t n unarman. Clvde Lawrence X: V mj r n-rviiia wha'ment. Hand your subscription io and C aude Blood " OrryUle. wh , m q( escaped from the Medina county J"( V,ournament committee either SSr? coy: Wore' or after you qualify. ties Saturday afternoon at Wey- -.:o. mouth, a small town about eight ?imXZ MFW fflilrMTY f.LERK ,j , , , on tne cnarge oi minus Way Knapp of Lodi, June 22, when being pursued afler a series of rob- 1 arioa A third man, George B. Ray, of. c. W. Biddle, clerk of courts, com-Wadsworth, held on the charge of p0ttd 'four years in office Monday defrauding an innkeeper, who ea-. morning, and was succeeded by Har-caped with the Orrville boys, is still iey h. Franks, of this city, at large. Ray, who is tall and slim, coming into the office with Mr. Is the one who slipped through the Franks was C. M. Tawney, former the nine by ten aperature in the door, county clerk,' who was appointed dep-after soaking his body, and opened uty by Mr. Franks. MIbs Emellne the door for the other three.- ; I Moore remains in the office as as- When the Orrville boys were sur- Blatant. ' rounded by a posse of Medlna.county, Mr.' Blddle retires from the office ,u ' ...... ith ti. hipliPRt resnect and regard men near weyn.oum dered without offering resistance. . . t.t v t CHGfASANWWlTin)RAWN modatlng and efficient. , He stated William Burgan, employe of the Monday that he greatly enjoyed his Coney Island Eat, on West Liberty tenure of the office, having the pleas-street was not given a hearing be- antest relations with attorneys, of-fore Mayor Fisher Saturday night, flclals and the public. Mr. Biddle Clvde Smith, proprietor of the res- and family will go to Green Springs taurant who filed the charge of dis- for a short time before taking up any orderly conduct on which Burgan active duties. He will be the Demo-was arrested Saturday morning, cratic candidate for mayor this fall, withdrew the charge. Walter Mr. Franks comes Into the office Mougey had been engtged as law- well qualified by reason of previous steel furnace in Gary, Joliet and South Chicago will be closed in a week unless the strike is settled. The steel workers were forced to quit because equipment was not available after the shopmen left. Only four blast furnaces were going In the steel city today. Two thousand five hundred shopmen employed by several roada, at a meeting today renewed their pledge not to quit until the issue was settled. More than 160,000 men are ou strike throughout the country, reports said, 30,000 of them being in Chicago. TEN INJURED AUTO WRECK (tfnltad Press Dispatch.) CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 4. Ten persons, four from Mount Gilead and the balance from Cleveland, were injured late yesterday when two automobiles collided on Center Ridge road, near Clague road. Five o( them were seriously, but not fatally hurt and are in Lakewood hospital. Iniurles ranging from bruises to broken collar bones were sustained. MORE STORES; CLOSE ' " "WED. AFTERNOONS Prnnrietors of iewelry stores and of two Wooster hardware Etores expressed their intentions Monday to close their places of business every Wednesday afternoon during August. This Is in addition to tne nst puu-lished last week. There is also a possibility that even the banks will close. ! QUALIFYING ROUNDS - FOR TROPHY CUP The qualifying rounds of 18 holes for the silver trophy cup presented by the Golfers Magazine of Chicago, may be played any time up to and including Wednesday night. Match play will commence Thursday. This Is a handicap match, so everyone will be on au equal footing. ' Each entrant will qualify for match play regardless of his score for the 18 holes, but these must be played to qualify. The only other qualification Is that you are at present a subscriber to the magazine or that you agree to subsclrbe on or before Thursday morning of this week. The cup is a beauty and is on dis-niav at the Country club, where it is attracting much favorable com- iiiun vvwiii TAKES OFFICE MONDAY , r ' k,,.. t Ut Hll wuu uau transact with him in the course of the last four years. He and his of- Iflna tnrna WPTfi ftlWftVS VCFV aCCOID- AIRPLANES WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS BURNED IN FRANCE i rV-vJ. s9v,wt to'!??!?' ,11 of Vn S.. airplanes at CoUimbeBlc-Beller,Ofw''bfor nd A congressional eub-committce li investigating the destruction in trance by U. S. army officers of $1,000,000 worth of airplanes, said WOOSTER OFFICER HONE IN STEERAGE Lieut. Stephen E. Palmer, son of A. L. Palmer, of Bloomington, arrived home last week, coming from Camp Dix. He was one of the 1700 officers who returned to the United States In the steerage of the Zeppelin, a new German ship, taken over by the United States on the signing of the armistice. Palmer has' been attending the University of Rennes in France since March, when the 26th division with which he was Connected, was Bent home. He went over with the 83rd dlvlHlon but was transferred to the 26th as regimental rifle Instructor of the 102nd Infantry, after the return of the 83rd. Palmer graduated from the college In 1917, and Intends to enter McCormlck Theological seminary in September. AUTO RECOVERED; ALLEGED THIEF TO SANDUSKY OFFICIALS Sheriff Lautzenheiser returned from Chicago Junction Sunday wlf.i the Ford machine that had been stolen from J. J. Hildbrant, nt.-Dodestown, but didn't bring (he thief back. It developed that a man named George Felger had not only stolen this machine, but three others, two from Cedar Point, and the sheriff at Sandusky got the man. first. Ferger Is charged with stealing an! selling the cars after changing lue license numbers. , CHILD BURIED MONDAY. Anastasla Tomoseiitti, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tomossettl, of Lucca street, wa3 buried Monday afternoon in the Catholic cemetery. The child died at birth Sunday. OVERTON CHILD BURIED. I The two-day old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Finn, of near Overton, died Saturday evening and was bur-, led Sunday afternoon In the Overton cemetery. : CITY PROPERTY SOLD J. W. Walter, real estate agent, an nounces the sale of the Mrs. Dausman property, located on North Walnut street, tn Georee Markel of Smlth- jVille, who will take possession Oct. 1. ' & in-- 'yi&h:: ft - . ! to have been in perfect conditon when th;y were piled up and burned. One reason given for the destruction of the machines was ' ARMENIAN HORRORS PICTURED BY DR. FREDERICK G. COAN Great Meetings at Big Bible Conference Over Sunday The horrors of the massacres and treatment of the Armenians werepic-tured-by an eye-witness of the devastation in Turkish Asia, when Dr. Frederick G. Coan, Wooster graduate who has been stationed at Urumia, Persia, spoke Sunday evening at the Bible conference. A great number of people filled the tent to overflowing when Dr. Coan Bpoke. He declared that the war is not yet ovor, "I am here to tell you that the war is not yet over," said Dr. Coan, as he told how people are starving and dying In that coun try, and bow troops are needed, I while there are no American troops over there. ' All of Dr. Coan's property was swept away but he counts himself rich, he said. "My wife and daughter have just returned from there, and they have literally, returned from the land of the dead," said Dr. Coan. "My daughter was in the hands of the Turks for a time, but she is back safe, and while we have lost all our earthly possessions, we count ourselves rich." I '.'We were lu hell for five months," Dr. Coan said in telling or the family's experiences. - He told how . 60 to 60 persons were carried out dead each day at one city without any burial service because no such service could be provided. He declared that people even turner! to be- cannibals because of the famine, and roasted babies to eat them. He de clared that they ate the marow from human bones. "God bless the Russians," exclaimed Dr. Coan, as he told how Russian troop3 cut their way, through a Turkish army and saved an Armenian city. He declared Russia to be the greatest country In the world, with the mos't potentialities. "Villages were destroyed, and yet people met their fates .with the finest courage I ever . saw," he. raid. j In telling how Catholics and Orthodox Greeks joined with Protest- lonta In talrttia. tlna tinlv frtlYimiininn . shortly after torch twaa p;jJUi,v. the desire on the part or me or- fleers to stimulate the joJuc- '-" rf airplanes in the Unite.! States. he eald: "We make a great deal here of denominations, but when you go through what we did, you haven't any time to think of suchnon-essentials.'' Dr. Coan advocatedthe league of nations very strongly, saying that If the law-makers at Washington could see what he has, they would stop talking, and would act. Dr. Jos. A. Vance, pastor of the First Presbyterian caych of Detroit, also strongly advocated the league of nations In his morning sermon. Dr. Vance delivered two able sermons, the other being in the chapel in the evening before an audience that completely filled the church. His morning subject was ."Burden Bearing" and his evening subject, "The Twentieth Century Christian." ' Other Services A very attractive feature of the conference was the picture pageant before a large crowd in the tent Saturday night. It was given by the Westminster guild assisted by Mrs. J. Milton Vance and Mrs. Sickles at the piano and Miss Betty Matteer as announcer. Practically all of the men's Bible classes of the city went to the tent on the hill Saturdf mornKg and beard D' Richards teach the Sunday prhool lesson on "Worship." Dr. "J cIiards' expositions have gained very favorable mention. At 5:40. Sunday evening, an enthusiastic Christian Endeavor meeting was held, conducted by Pr'of. F. H. Beelor of Chicago. Monday, morning at 8 o'clock, Dr. Richards completed his lecture on Catholicism, followed at 9 o'clock by Dr. Vance of Detroit on his experiences in France. At 9 o'clock Dr. Coan conducted the open forum on missions. G. Campbell Morean This evening at 7:45, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, the great London preacher and expositor, will give his first address. The conference laliav-ing a rare treat in obtaining Dr. Morgan, who will sieak at the same hour Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, .and will also speak Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9 a. m. A new rteparVre was Inaugurated Monday afternoon with the' pastors' conference at 2 o'clock. Kindness rulckly spoils kept in circulation. - unless . CHEAPER BREAD TO CUT PRICES PLANNED Leave Wheat as It is But Have Gov't Bear Difference I United Pres Dispatch.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Cheaper bread may be one of the results of the present governmental efforts to reduce the high cost of living. Whether the five-cent loaf will be put into the market basket is a question on which officials are at variance, but they agree that if the government allows wheat to sell at the market price instead of the $2.26 guarantee, a considerable drop in the prite of bread will result. The price of wheat is one of the things being considered by a committee of cabinet and othei liigh officials who are tackling the living cost problem. The proposal is for the government to take over the flour supply of the country at a nominal profit to RUSSIANS ADVANCE ON BUDAPEST (United Tress Dispatch ) BUDAPEST, Aug. 2. The new Hungarian government, succeeding Bela Kun's soviet Tegime, desirei to establish friendly relations with the allies immediately. PARIS. Aue. 4. The Vienna cor respondent of the Agence Radio re ported today that Russian forces haa COM'R. BLUER IS REPORTED MUCH BETTER William Bixler, president of the board of county commissioners, has been critically ill since last Saturday, and his life was despaired of Saturday night. It was feared he was not out of dangr yet Monday, although he was much better late In the day, having begun to improve Sunday afternoon. Mr. Bixler was taken sick last week with erysipelas, which rapidly spread and became serious. He was first ill with tonsilltis, ,'nd before he was entirely recovered came to Wooster to attend a joint commissioners' meeting. He was present at the regular meeting last Monday, when he had to go home on account of a second attack of sickness, which developed Into erysipelas. His face was greatly swollen Saturday and' he suffered greatly. Dr. Knestrlck was called Saturday night to consult with Dr. Wenger, theregular-physician, at the home of Mr. Bixler in Sugar Creek township. Monday Mr. Bixler was reported better. Commissioner Smith and Sheriff Lautzenheiser visited him Sunday.GEO. W. SPANGLER IN iREAL ESTATEJUS1NE5S; George W. Spangler, who has had much experience In the real estate business, will open an office in the new People Savings Company bank building. He has been active in t'te real estate business here for a month, and has temporary offices tn Bloomberg's store. , Mr. Spangler was engaged In the ,real estate business in Colorado 2 years, and In the same business l i this city before going to Colorado. ! (He has added bonds and stocks to his line, taking advantage of the great activity In various kinds of utocks and in government bonds at the present time. Mr. Spangler has a number of city and farm properties lllsted. . ' Being funny is the most serious i kind of work. the millers and sell It back to the I public at a loss. Officials state with the wheat price remaining at $2.26 a Dusbel, flour can be bought fairly by the government at $8 a barrel after making allowances for all by-products and a fair prolt to the millers. . In turn the government would sell the flour to the. public for $6, absorbing a loss of $2 a barrel. The total domestic needs for th year are about 260,000,000 barrels, which would require the expenditure of Just half the guarantee fund of $1,000,000,000 provided by , congress. ' ' Thus the farmer would get the guaranteed price for his wheat, people would be assured of cheaper food and the half of the billion dollars that are spent would te used in. reducing prices instead of merely keeping up the price of wheat to the farmer. Representative " Kelley, Pennsylvania, Is preparing legislation to confiscate all the food in warehouses in the country and distribute it through the system being built lip to sell the surplus army supplies. advanced on Budapest despite Bela Kun 8 overtnrow ana uau utcui"u the city. Bela Kun, former soviet dictator, has arrived in Vnna,? whe J.lia ' been interned, the dispatch said. ONE STATESMAN JAILS ANOTHER President Bertrand (above) and Vict) President Membreno. , It is reported that President Bertrand of Honduras has imprison-: ed his vice president. Dr. Alberto. . Membreno, charging the latter 'with; . having taken the leading part in a. ; revolution proclaimed receatly in ! Honduras. Membreno was formerly 1 Honduran minister to the United, States., ; , J J y f . . ' Ml . f Qli i i S ' ver by uurgan, "wuul' -w. 1.